"brouhaha" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹuː.hɑː.hɑː/ [UK] Audio: en-us-brouhaha.ogg [US], en-au-brouhaha.ogg [Australia] Forms: brouhahas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French brouhaha, but disputed as to where from before that. Possibly from Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (barúkh habá, “welcome”, literally “blessed is he who comes”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|brouhaha}} French brouhaha, {{der|en|he|בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא||welcome|lit=blessed is he who comes|sc=Hebr|tr=barúkh habá}} Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (barúkh habá, “welcome”, literally “blessed is he who comes”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} brouhaha (plural brouhahas)
  1. A stir; a fuss or uproar. Synonyms: commotion, hubbub, kerfuffle, commotion Translations (fuss, uproar): عَجِيج (ʕajīj) [masculine] (Arabic), ضَجِيج (ḍajīj) [masculine] (Arabic), هَرْج (harj) [masculine] (Arabic), gatzara [feminine] (Catalan), aldarull [masculine] (Catalan), cridòria [feminine] (Catalan), rebombori [masculine] (Catalan), brogit [masculine] (Catalan), avalot [masculine] (Catalan), kohu (Finnish), brouhaha [masculine] (French), Aufruhr [masculine] (German), Aufregung [feminine] (German), Theater [neuter] (German), Tumult [masculine] (German), οχλαγωγία (ochlagogía) [feminine] (Greek), βαβούρα (vavoúra) (Greek), felzúdulás (Hungarian), cirkusz (Hungarian), patália (Hungarian), 大騒ぎ (ōsawagi) (Japanese), همهمه، غوغا (Persian), bafafá [masculine] (Portuguese), шуми́ха (šumíxa) [feminine] (Russian), сенса́ция (sensácija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-brouhaha-en-noun-BFDOoOQy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Persian terms with redundant script codes

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.